The role of flowering plant species in the survival of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) along the lower Orange River, South Africa

Koedoe

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 63-70

  Myburgh, E ^a   Bezuidenhout, H ^a   Nevill, E M ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Phenology; Shelter; Simulium chutteri; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SHELTER; SURVIVAL;

AUGRABIES FALLS NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA KARROO; ACACIA MELLIFERA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPPEA CAPENSIS; SCHOTIA; SCHOTIA AFRA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM CHUTTERI; SISYNDITE SPARTEA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX USNEOIDES; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS MUCRONATA;

EID: 0035728450     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v44i2.175     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. The major vegetation communities of the Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape, 1. The southern section
2. Preliminary observations on parity and nectar feeding in the black fly, Simulium jenningsi
3. Nectar versus honeydew as sources of sugar for male and female black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
4. Evidence of honeydew feeding in black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
5. Sugar meal sources of female black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A four habitat study
6. The influence of water-level fluctuation on the drift of Simulium chutteri Lewis 1965 (Diptera: Nematocera) in the Orange River, South Africa
7. Autogeny and oviposition in Arctic mosquitoes
8. The gonotrophic cycle in Simulium ochraceum
9. Blackfly physiology
10. The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Ontario. Part I. Adult identification and distributions of six new species
11. A field evaluation of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis as a biological control agent for Simulium chutteri (Diptera: Nematocera) in the middle Orange River
12. The phenology of some locally common browse species in an arid savanna
13. The intrinsic range and speed of flight of insects
14. A preliminary investigation of the phenology of subtropical thicket and karroid shrubland in the lower Sundays River Valley, SE Cape
15. Orange River Nama Karoo
16. Sugar-feeding in some Queensland black flies
17. Land types of the maps SE27/20 Witdraai, 2720 Noenieput, 2722 Kuruman, 2274 Christiana, 2820 Upington, 2822 Postmasburg
18. Sugar meals in Phlebotominae and Simuliidae (Diptera)
19. Notes on sugar feeding and selected wild mammalian hosts of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
20. Phenology of seven Acacia species in South Africa
21. Desert ecosystems: Environment and producers
22. A rapid method of estimating the abundance of immature blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
23. Impacts of repeated applications of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis De Barjac and temephos used in blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) control, on macroinvertebrates in the middle Orange River, South Africa
24. Timing of larvicide treatments for the control of pest blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in a semi-arid environment in South Africa
25. Downstream carry of larvicides used in the control of pest black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Orange River, South Africa
26. Control of pest blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) along the Orange River, South Africa: 1990-1995
27. Trophic status, oogenic stages, and insemination of resting populations of three Simulium species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Chiapas, Mexico
28. A critical review of procedures for sampling population adult mosquitoes
29. Flowering phenology in the arid winter rainfall region of southern Africa
30. Black fly host location: A review
31. The detection of plant sugars in Simulium damnosum s.1. by means of the cold Anthrone test
32. Bionomics of adult blackflies